Nature 390, 591–594; (1997)
Hypercycles are based on second-order (or higher) autocatalysis and defined by two or more replicators that are connected by another superimposed autocatalytic cycle. Our study describes a mutualistic relationship between two replicators, each catalysing the formation of the other, that are linked by a superimposed catalytic cycle. Although the kinetic data suggest the intermediary of higher-order species in the autocatalytic processes, the present system should not be referred to as an example of a minimal hypercycle in the absence of direct experimental evidence for the autocatalytic cross-coupling between replicators.
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Lee, D., Severin, K., Yokobayashi, Y. et al. Erratum: Emergence of symbiosis in peptide self-replication through a hypercyclic network. Nature 394, 101 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/27961
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